THE BEHISTUN INSCRIPTION
Jan 30, 2020
2 minutes
HISTORICAL BREAKTHROUGH
The text is written in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian, above the bas-relief. It was copied by Sir Henry C Rawlinson, allowing him and his fellow scholars to decipher the script during the mid-19th century.
ROYAL SYMBOLISM
The bas-relief depicts King Darius holding a bow, which serves
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